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02-25-2011, 07:03 PM
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Gengar
Typing: Ghost/Poison
Ability:
Levitate- You have an immunity to ground type moves.
Stats:
60 HP
65 Attack
60 Defence
130 Special Attack
75 Special Defence
110 Speed
http://bulbapedia.bulbagarden.net/wiki/Gengar
Overview
Gengar and Starmie. The two pokemon that have survived the nick of time and have been on the OU tier for the five generations and for a good reason. Gengar didn't really gain anything gigantic this gen. The good news is that Disable is now 100% accurate, which is incredibly effective combined with the move Substitute, that lets you scout what move the opponent is going to make. Abilitywise, Gengar still has his trustworthy Levitate ability. As you can see from his stats, Gengar is a frail sweeper with amazing 130 Special Attack and some amazing 110 Speed (being one of the fastest non-scarfed pokemon on the tier). Sadly, its fraility stops him from taking a lot of hits. It basically will get 2HKOed or OHKOed by any attack that Gengar doesn't resist. Keep in mind that Gengar has a whooping 3 immunities (keep in mind that two of these are ground and fighting, which are two of the most common STABs on the OU metagame) that you can switch into.
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In Depth/Move Sets
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SubDisable
Gengar w/ Leftovers
Ability: Levitate
Timid Nature (+Spe -Atk)
EV's: 252 SpAtk 252 Spe 4 HP
Substitute
Disable
Shadow Ball
Focus Blast
Set Comments
Since Disable has gotten perfect accuracy this generation, an idea of a set utilizing the moves Substitute and Disable came to a lot of player's minds, making it now the most popular Gengar set. Basically, you first use Substitute to scout on what move the opponent is going to use/what pokemon the opponent will switch out to. Then you use Disable to stop the opponent from using that move (if the opponent swithed out, then use an attacking move and then use disable). Normally, thanks to Gengar's incredible defensive typing, the opponent will only have one or two moves to attack Gengar neutrally, so if you diable that certain move, your opponent can't do anyhting and is forced to switch out/you can switch safely to another Pokemon that can take the other move. Shadow Ball and Focus Blast get perfect coverage and are the best attacking moves that Gengar has to offer. Shadow Ball is your main STAB move and hits opposing Gengar, Latios, Jellicent, Reuniclus and Starmie super effecitvely, plus hitting a lot of pokemon for a lot of damage, thanks to Gengar's incredible 130 Special Attack. Focus Blast hits the very important Ferrothorn and Tyranitar, as well as Heatran and Lucario. As for the item, you want to use Leftovers, since you are already losing HP from Substitute, so that you can recover as much as possible.
Additional Comments
The EV's are simple: You want max Special Attack and Speed so you can outspeed threats and to do as much damage as possible. You use a Timid nature to outspeed therats like Infernape or Terrakion and at least speed tie with Latios, Latias, and opposing Gengar.
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Pain Split
Gengar w/ Life Orb
Ability: Levitate
Timid Nature (+Spe -Atk)
EV's: 252 SpAtk 252 Spe 4 HP
Substitute
Pain Split
Shadow Ball
Focus Blast
Set Comments
This set is supposed to bring Pokemon down using the move Pain Split. Pain Split basically shares the HP that you and your opponent have. Since you are going to take damage from Substitute and Life Orb anyway, chances are that you are going to recover some HP while the opponent loses HP. This strategy works incredibly well, and is especially useful on special walls and HP mammoths like Blissey. Life Orb and Substitute should be used since, the whole objective of this set is to lose HP with these to then recover it back with Pain Split. Shadow Ball and Focus Blast get amazing neutral coverage and hit a lot of threats for super-effective damage.
Additional Comments
The EV's and nature are self-explanitory and the same as the previous set.
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All-out Attacker
Gengar w/ Life Orb/Choice Scarf
Ability: Levitate
Timid Nature (+Spe -Atk)
252 SpAtk 252 Spe 4 HP
Shadow Ball
Focus Blast
Thunderbolt
Hidden Power Ice
Set Comments
Unlike the previous sets, this set has no gimmick. It is just all-out attacking. Item wise, you want to use Life Orb so that you can do more damage (30% more). You can also use Choice Scarf so that Gengar can outspeed nearly the whole metagame (mainly Latios, Choice Scarf Terrakion, Starmie and Volcarona, Dragonite with a Dragon Dance boost) plus acting as a great revenge killer. Shadow Ball and Focus Blast get amazing neutral coverage and hit super-effectively the Pokemon that I mentioned on the first set. For the third slot, you can use Thunderbolt, which hits many water types super-effectively. Finally, Hidden Power Ice is reccommended for the last slot, giving Gengar an alternative for Dragons like Dragonite, Gliscor and Landorus, especially since Gengar loves to come in on choiced Earthquakes.
Additional Comments
The EV's and Nature are the same deal as the previous sets.
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Other Options
Sludge Bomb: Mainly for Breloom and Virizion. If you want another STAB option, go for this.
Thunder: Power over Accuracy, use it on a rain team.
Hypnosis: This is a good status aliment, but it isn't particularly accurate and the sleep clause can hinder how many are asleep.
Expert Belt: This is an alternative to Life Orb without recoil but remember,Gengar has to hit super-effectively an opponent, and the damage will do 10% less that this.
Choice Specs: If you want to do more damage but you don't have the liberty of changing moves.
Protect: This is similar to Disable with priority but you can only use it one turn (or two), then in the next turn you can't use it.
Psychic: To hit Conkeldurr and Mienshao harder.
Hidden Power Fire: Mainly for Scizor and Forretress.
Destiny Bond: Adds a surprise factor to Gengar, as it can kill potential threats with this move with one hit.
Will-O-Wisp: Another surprising move that will catch many players off-guard. They'll think that they can send there physical sweepers safely, to then getting severely crippled with this move
Counters
Blissey, Jirachi and Tentacruel can take Gengar's hits all day with their amazing special bulk. Take note that on the Pain Split set, you can take down Blissey with the combination of Pain Split and Substitute. Anything that is faster than Gengar can be considered a counter if this pokemon switches in safely, since Gengar's bulk is abysmal. A some prime examples include Scizor, that can OHKO Gengar with Bullet Punch, Scarfed Rotom-W, that can also get switch advantage using the move Volt-turn, Dragonite after a boost, or Starmie. There are many others too.
Teammates
Gengar works extremely well on offensive teams, as its great speed, its coverage and its immunities can prove a valuable asset to many of these kind of teams. You also can take in note that Gengar also can block the move Rapid Spin, and can remove Toxic Spikes from your team. Because of this, Deoxys-D or Ferrothorn can be very good teammates, since both can set up hazards with ease, and they haven't got Rapid Spin to worry about. Plus, Gengar adores hazards to turns those 2hko's into KO's. The removal of Toxic Spikes is also a great asset to semi stall teams and offensive teams alike, since both hate toxic spikes. I don't reccommend using Gengar on full stall though, there are far bulkier spinblockers out there.
Opinion
Gengar is a truly unique Pokemon, with loads of movepool options. Due to it's unpredictability, its great speed on the OU environment, and its incredible Special Attack, Gengar shouldn't be treated lightly, or otherwise he might destroy your team.
Credit to Bulbapedia for info.
Credit to Smogon for some ideas.
Credit to Eos, Eevee, MikeDecIsHere, Dimes, Steel Dragons and Ciele for edits.
-Lapras6666
Gengar
Typing: Ghost/Poison
Ability:
Levitate- You have an immunity to ground type moves.
Stats:
60 HP
65 Attack
60 Defence
130 Special Attack
75 Special Defence
110 Speed
http://bulbapedia.bulbagarden.net/wiki/Gengar
Overview
Gengar and Starmie. The two pokemon that have survived the nick of time and have been on the OU tier for the five generations and for a good reason. Gengar didn't really gain anything gigantic this gen. The good news is that Disable is now 100% accurate, which is incredibly effective combined with the move Substitute, that lets you scout what move the opponent is going to make. Abilitywise, Gengar still has his trustworthy Levitate ability. As you can see from his stats, Gengar is a frail sweeper with amazing 130 Special Attack and some amazing 110 Speed (being one of the fastest non-scarfed pokemon on the tier). Sadly, its fraility stops him from taking a lot of hits. It basically will get 2HKOed or OHKOed by any attack that Gengar doesn't resist. Keep in mind that Gengar has a whooping 3 immunities (keep in mind that two of these are ground and fighting, which are two of the most common STABs on the OU metagame) that you can switch into.
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In Depth/Move Sets
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SubDisable
Gengar w/ Leftovers
Ability: Levitate
Timid Nature (+Spe -Atk)
EV's: 252 SpAtk 252 Spe 4 HP
Substitute
Disable
Shadow Ball
Focus Blast
Set Comments
Since Disable has gotten perfect accuracy this generation, an idea of a set utilizing the moves Substitute and Disable came to a lot of player's minds, making it now the most popular Gengar set. Basically, you first use Substitute to scout on what move the opponent is going to use/what pokemon the opponent will switch out to. Then you use Disable to stop the opponent from using that move (if the opponent swithed out, then use an attacking move and then use disable). Normally, thanks to Gengar's incredible defensive typing, the opponent will only have one or two moves to attack Gengar neutrally, so if you diable that certain move, your opponent can't do anyhting and is forced to switch out/you can switch safely to another Pokemon that can take the other move. Shadow Ball and Focus Blast get perfect coverage and are the best attacking moves that Gengar has to offer. Shadow Ball is your main STAB move and hits opposing Gengar, Latios, Jellicent, Reuniclus and Starmie super effecitvely, plus hitting a lot of pokemon for a lot of damage, thanks to Gengar's incredible 130 Special Attack. Focus Blast hits the very important Ferrothorn and Tyranitar, as well as Heatran and Lucario. As for the item, you want to use Leftovers, since you are already losing HP from Substitute, so that you can recover as much as possible.
Additional Comments
The EV's are simple: You want max Special Attack and Speed so you can outspeed threats and to do as much damage as possible. You use a Timid nature to outspeed therats like Infernape or Terrakion and at least speed tie with Latios, Latias, and opposing Gengar.
http://archives.bulbagarden.net/media/upload/2/21/Spr_5b_094.png
Pain Split
Gengar w/ Life Orb
Ability: Levitate
Timid Nature (+Spe -Atk)
EV's: 252 SpAtk 252 Spe 4 HP
Substitute
Pain Split
Shadow Ball
Focus Blast
Set Comments
This set is supposed to bring Pokemon down using the move Pain Split. Pain Split basically shares the HP that you and your opponent have. Since you are going to take damage from Substitute and Life Orb anyway, chances are that you are going to recover some HP while the opponent loses HP. This strategy works incredibly well, and is especially useful on special walls and HP mammoths like Blissey. Life Orb and Substitute should be used since, the whole objective of this set is to lose HP with these to then recover it back with Pain Split. Shadow Ball and Focus Blast get amazing neutral coverage and hit a lot of threats for super-effective damage.
Additional Comments
The EV's and nature are self-explanitory and the same as the previous set.
http://archives.bulbagarden.net/media/upload/2/21/Spr_5b_094.png
All-out Attacker
Gengar w/ Life Orb/Choice Scarf
Ability: Levitate
Timid Nature (+Spe -Atk)
252 SpAtk 252 Spe 4 HP
Shadow Ball
Focus Blast
Thunderbolt
Hidden Power Ice
Set Comments
Unlike the previous sets, this set has no gimmick. It is just all-out attacking. Item wise, you want to use Life Orb so that you can do more damage (30% more). You can also use Choice Scarf so that Gengar can outspeed nearly the whole metagame (mainly Latios, Choice Scarf Terrakion, Starmie and Volcarona, Dragonite with a Dragon Dance boost) plus acting as a great revenge killer. Shadow Ball and Focus Blast get amazing neutral coverage and hit super-effectively the Pokemon that I mentioned on the first set. For the third slot, you can use Thunderbolt, which hits many water types super-effectively. Finally, Hidden Power Ice is reccommended for the last slot, giving Gengar an alternative for Dragons like Dragonite, Gliscor and Landorus, especially since Gengar loves to come in on choiced Earthquakes.
Additional Comments
The EV's and Nature are the same deal as the previous sets.
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Other Options
Sludge Bomb: Mainly for Breloom and Virizion. If you want another STAB option, go for this.
Thunder: Power over Accuracy, use it on a rain team.
Hypnosis: This is a good status aliment, but it isn't particularly accurate and the sleep clause can hinder how many are asleep.
Expert Belt: This is an alternative to Life Orb without recoil but remember,Gengar has to hit super-effectively an opponent, and the damage will do 10% less that this.
Choice Specs: If you want to do more damage but you don't have the liberty of changing moves.
Protect: This is similar to Disable with priority but you can only use it one turn (or two), then in the next turn you can't use it.
Psychic: To hit Conkeldurr and Mienshao harder.
Hidden Power Fire: Mainly for Scizor and Forretress.
Destiny Bond: Adds a surprise factor to Gengar, as it can kill potential threats with this move with one hit.
Will-O-Wisp: Another surprising move that will catch many players off-guard. They'll think that they can send there physical sweepers safely, to then getting severely crippled with this move
Counters
Blissey, Jirachi and Tentacruel can take Gengar's hits all day with their amazing special bulk. Take note that on the Pain Split set, you can take down Blissey with the combination of Pain Split and Substitute. Anything that is faster than Gengar can be considered a counter if this pokemon switches in safely, since Gengar's bulk is abysmal. A some prime examples include Scizor, that can OHKO Gengar with Bullet Punch, Scarfed Rotom-W, that can also get switch advantage using the move Volt-turn, Dragonite after a boost, or Starmie. There are many others too.
Teammates
Gengar works extremely well on offensive teams, as its great speed, its coverage and its immunities can prove a valuable asset to many of these kind of teams. You also can take in note that Gengar also can block the move Rapid Spin, and can remove Toxic Spikes from your team. Because of this, Deoxys-D or Ferrothorn can be very good teammates, since both can set up hazards with ease, and they haven't got Rapid Spin to worry about. Plus, Gengar adores hazards to turns those 2hko's into KO's. The removal of Toxic Spikes is also a great asset to semi stall teams and offensive teams alike, since both hate toxic spikes. I don't reccommend using Gengar on full stall though, there are far bulkier spinblockers out there.
Opinion
Gengar is a truly unique Pokemon, with loads of movepool options. Due to it's unpredictability, its great speed on the OU environment, and its incredible Special Attack, Gengar shouldn't be treated lightly, or otherwise he might destroy your team.
Credit to Bulbapedia for info.
Credit to Smogon for some ideas.
Credit to Eos, Eevee, MikeDecIsHere, Dimes, Steel Dragons and Ciele for edits.
-Lapras6666